(A)They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, (B)“You have gone too far! For (C)all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”

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16 When men in the camp (A)were jealous of Moses
    and Aaron, (B)the holy one of the Lord,

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and you shall be to me a (A)kingdom of priests and (B)a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

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14 and they will tell the inhabitants of this land. (A)They have heard that you, O Lord, are in the midst of this people. For you, O Lord, are seen face to face, and (B)your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

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put fire in them and put incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be the holy one. (A)You have gone too far, sons of Levi!”

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28 For (A)no one is a Jew (B)who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. 29 But a Jew is one (C)inwardly, and (D)circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. (E)His praise is not from man but from God.

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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you.

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39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and (A)in their hearts they turned to Egypt,

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And do not presume to say to yourselves, (A)‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from (B)these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. (C)Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

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Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. (B)Do not trust in these deceptive words: ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

“For if you truly (C)amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly (D)execute justice one with another, if you (E)do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, (F)or shed innocent blood in this place, (G)and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, (H)then I will let you dwell in this place, (I)in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever.

“Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. (J)Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, (K)swear falsely, (L)make offerings to Baal, (M)and go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, (N)which is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 (O)Has this house, (P)which is called by my name, (Q)become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord. 12 Go now to (R)my place that was in Shiloh, (S)where I made my name dwell at first, and (T)see what I did to it because of the evil of my people Israel.

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11 (A)“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
    says the Lord;
I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
    and the fat of well-fed beasts;
I do not delight in the blood of bulls,
    or of lambs, or of goats.

12 “When you come to (B)appear before me,
    who has required of you
    this trampling of my courts?
13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(C)New moon and Sabbath and the (D)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (E)iniquity and (F)solemn assembly.
14 Your (G)new moons and your appointed feasts
    my soul hates;
they have become a burden to me;
    I am weary of bearing them.
15 When you (H)spread out your hands,
    I will hide my eyes from you;
(I)even though you make many prayers,
    I will not listen;
    (J)your hands are full of blood.
16 (K)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
    remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
(L)cease to do evil,

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17 (A)The chariots of God are twice ten thousand,
    thousands upon thousands;
    the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

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(A)For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the (B)holy race[a] has (C)mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:2 Hebrew offspring

34 (A)You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, (B)for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.”

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11 Therefore it is against the Lord that you and all your company have gathered together. What is (A)Aaron that you grumble against him?”

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The People Rebel

14 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people (A)wept that night. And all the people of Israel (B)grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or (C)would that we had died in this wilderness! Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? (D)Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” And they said to one another, (E)“Let us choose a leader and (F)go back to Egypt.”

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Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married, for he had married a Cushite woman. And they said, “Has the Lord indeed spoken only through Moses? (A)Has he not spoken through us also?” And (B)the Lord heard it.

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45 (A)I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that (B)I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

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